Montezuma County News

A court hearing for a 20-year-old Montezuma County man charged with killing and dismembering his father has been postponed.

Here's a look at Solix Biofuel's proposed biofuel from algae plant down in Ignacio, written by Joe Hanel in the Cortez Journal .

They have been in the news for bigamy, accusations of forced marriages, mistreatment of women and young boys.

Like many of his fellow Republicans in Montrose County, Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, beat his democratic opponent and will fill the Colorado House District 58 seat.

In an effort to minimize costs this election, one Four Corners county decided to shrink something else too: the font size on the ballot.

The state Court of Appeals has ruled that the organizer of the defunct Rally in the Rockies motorcycle festival must pay $110,000 to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

Here's an update on funding for the Mancos Project rehabilitation, from The Durango Herald .

A Four Corners agricultural exposition may move from Colorado to New Mexico to save money.

Pueblo Community College and San Juan Basin Technical College plan to merge, a move that would give birth to a new institution offering Southwest Colorado students a more comprehensive educational program than ...

Alden Yelloweagle, age 49, of Montezuma County, Colorado, was indicted late yesterday by a federal grand jury in Denver on one count of failure to register as a sex offender, U.S. Attorney Troy A. Eid and U.S. ...

Here's an update on efforts to use aerial spraying to control tamarisk in Montezuma County, from The Cortez Journal .

I had the opportunity to attend a campaign event for Mark Udall Friday afternoon, when he stopped by the Montezuma County Democratic headquarters for a short stump speech and Q&A. Udall is a sitting ...

The growl of big motorcycles and the tamer sound of small ones heard in Durango the last couple of days is a dead giveaway that the area's annual Labor Day biker rallies are about to begin.

A judge this week denied several motions in the case of District Attorney Craig Westberg, who is suspected of driving under the influence of prescription sleeping pills.

Four Corners businesses aren't seeing much of an effect from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, but it's not for lack of trying.

The city of Durango broke ground Monday morning on a regional transit center that officials expect within two years may move 500,000 passengers annually.

Authorities say counterfeit $20 and $50 bills have been showing up in southwestern Colorado this summer.

Dozens of search-and-rescue workers from across the Four Corners planned to work through the night Sunday evening searching for a 69-year-old-man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and was lost somewhere in ...

Early voting started Saturday in a handful of Colorado counties. Arapahoe, Boulder, El Paso and Montezuma counties opened polling places.

Update - 1816 5 August - From the Washington Post: Brian Grubbs' wife purchased the peppers at a Wal-Mart store in Cortez, Colo., on June 26, according to the lawsuit.